Combined coat and trousers hanger



Dec. 18, 1928.

R. E. EDMUNDSON COMBINED COAT AND TROUSERS HANGER Filed April 16, 1926 lllp fiibffidmwzdjm,

I Attorney Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

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' Application filed April 16,1926; Serial no. 102 519.

This invention relates to a combined coat and trousers hanger, particularly adapted.

for use by a bowlegged man in order that the bows of the trousers legs may be straightened 5 out when the trouser-s are not in use, means being provided for supporting the trousers in such-a manner as to permit the legs thereof to be turned outwardly in oppositedirections. i

An additional object of the invention i'sto provide a hanger of this character that may be readily folded when not in use, to facilitate the disposition of the same within a trunk or suitca'se while traveling. Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood the same comprising the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing i v Figure 1 is a side elevation'of one "form of combined coat and trousers hanger.

Figure 2 is a detail longitudinal section taken substantially; upon the -line 2 2 of Figure 1 looking downwardly in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section, and i and partly in cross section of a slightly modified form of hanger.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view, taken.

formed at certain ends with inwardly bent overlapping portions 66 that are formed with threaded registering openings for receiving the threaded and headed end of a hanging hook 7, which serves as the securing means for said ends of the strip. Said strips are so formed as to extend in outwardly converging relation with respect to the overlapping ends 6-6 in order that a coat may be conveniently disposed thereover; At the free ends of said strips 55.the material forming each of the same is so bent as 'to'provide boxings 88 at the inner sides of the strips. The inner walls of said boxings being formed with spaced vertically extending Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation slots '9' for receiving the ends of cross bars 10 10. One of the bars 10'-1( is of such a length as to engage :at its opposite 'endsthe' outer walls of the boxings 88in order that 50 the samelj'will be rigidly retained between-the 7 strips 55 as clearly disclosed in Figure2.

, The other of said bars 10 is slightly shorter than the first mentioned baryand that one e'ndis engaged by astri'p of spring metal 11 that is secured to the respective strip '5 directlyabove the boxing the lower end thereof engaged within the boxing as clearly disclosed in Figures 1 and 2. Thisspring will maintain this bar rigidly between the strips I separated from the hanger, after'whi'oh a pair of trousers A is hung over the other bar 10 in .the'usual manner.

removed is again arranged between the box- '55, but will permit of the ready removal of the same by forcingthe bar against the The bar that'was i I ings 8 8 after which theuppermost leg of the trousers is folded over said bar in the 1 manner as clearly disclosed by the dot-ted lines in Figure 3. -v a I In this form of the invention, the metallic each other upon the hook 7 after both bars. 10-10 have been removed from the. boxing The normally stationary barmay be removed by springing the strips outwardly with respectto each other in an obvious mannern 3 v V Inthe form ofthe invention disclosed in Figure 4,, the hanger constitutes the provision "of a pair of flat like wooden strips 5'5',- certain ends of which are arranged within an inverted V-shaped notch formed upon the under side of a wooden block 12 in order that said strips 5 -'5 will extend outwardly in converging relation when attached tothe blocks for providing the support for a coat. i

.7 a strips 5-5 may be pivotallyswung toward Arrangedwithin a central vertical. opening v in this block is one end of a hanging hook 13 a that is provided upon its lower end with an sockets 17 for receiving the opposite ends of trouser supporting bars 18-18. In this instance also, one of the bars is of such a length as to tightly engage within certainof the reg istering openings in the heads 88 while the other bar is slightly shorter so as to engage only partially in one of the openi s of. the other registering openings of said ead are arranged in back of this end of the shorter bar is an expansible coil spring 19 which presses against the adjacent end of the bar for preventing accidental longitudinal movementof the same within the openings of said head. However, when it is desired to remove thebar, the same is forced against the spring which will release the opposite end thereof from the registering openings in the opposite head 8', after which the trousers may be laid over the normally stationary bar in the usual manner. The removable bar is then arranged in position, after which the top leg of the trousers may be folded over,'aliso in the manner as disclosed by the dotted lines in Figure 3. In this form of the invention by releasing the nut upon the hook 165, the strips 5-5' may be removed from the block which will release both of the bars 18 -18 and permit the hunger to be arranged within a traveling bag or suit case without requiring an unusual amount of storage space.

It will thus be seen that I have provided two forms of combined coat and trousers hanger that is well adapted for all the purposes heretofore designated, and even though I have herein shown and described the most practical embodiments of the invention with which I am at this time familiar, it is neverthel'ess to be understood that other modifieations may and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I olaim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is g i I. A combined coat and trousers hanger, a coat hanger comprising a substantially V-shaped body including downwardly and outwardly diverging members, a pair of spaced parallel trouser supporting bars disosed between the lower ends of said memers, one of said bars being rigidly mounted and the other bar being movably mounted in order to permit disengagement from the aforesaid coat hanger, said last named bar being movable in an endwise direction, and spring means interposed between one end of aid movable bar and the complemental meme 1'. a v v 2. In a combined coat and trousers hanger, said coat hanger comprising a pair of substantially duplicate strips of metal having their adjacent ends disposed in overlapping relation and having their opposite end portions disposed in downwardlyand outwardly diverging relation and terminating in substantially channel-shapedboxings,aconnecting and pivot bolt passing through the overlapping ends of said strips and provided with a supporting hook, a pair of trousers supporting bars arranged between said boxings, one of said bars being ri idly mounted and the other-barbeing sepas ly mounted and movable in an endwisedirection, and spring means associated with one end of said last named bar.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RUBEN E. EDMUNDSON.

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